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Major | Major New Mexico courts that kept records of genealogical value were established as follows: | ||
'''1598-1847:''' The ''Alcalde Ordinario'' (mayor's courts) and ''Audiencia''(courts of appeals) were statewide courts in Mexico that handled civil and criminal cases. During several periods New Mexico was under the jurisdiction of courts in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Durango, Chihuahua, and Parral. A few existing records are in the New Mexico Records Center and Archives, or in various archives in Mexico. | '''1598-1847:''' The ''Alcalde Ordinario'' (mayor's courts) and ''Audiencia ''(courts of appeals) were statewide courts in Mexico that handled civil and criminal cases. During several periods New Mexico was under the jurisdiction of courts in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Durango, Chihuahua, and Parral. A few existing records are in the New Mexico Records Center and Archives, or in various archives in Mexico. | ||
'''1846-1850:''' Prefect's court was a statewide court that handled civil and criminal cases. | '''1846-1850:''' Prefect's court was a statewide court that handled civil and criminal cases. | ||
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The Family History Library does not have copies of New Mexico court records. You can obtain copies from the various county courthouses or the New Mexico Records Center and Archives where the territorial records are housed. | The Family History Library does not have copies of New Mexico court records. You can obtain copies from the various county courthouses or the New Mexico Records Center and Archives where the territorial records are housed. | ||
More information about court records is in E. Stuart Howard, ''Preliminary Inventory: Records of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico''<nowiki>: Record Group 21 (Denver, Colorado: Federal Archives and Records Center, 1980; FHL book 978.9 A1 no. 62).</nowiki> | More information about court records is in E. Stuart Howard, ''Preliminary Inventory: Records of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico''<nowiki>: Record Group 21 (Denver, Colorado: Federal Archives and Records Center, 1980; FHL book 978.9 A1 no. 62).</nowiki> | ||